Podcasts

Tech Connections
**"We are on the verge of the greatest age in education, if we would just do the thinkgs we already know work." --Mike Schmoker** http://campaign08.wikispaces.com/ - Students are asked to collaborate and create a web page for each presidential candidate. The students are to include the candidate's stance on important issues that effect Americans.
 * Social Studies**

http://virtualenglishclassroom.wikispaces.com/ - An English classroom at Stroudsburg Jr. High. The teacher uses the discussion board for multiple writing assignments. Students are asked to reflect on their projects, write book reviews, and find elements, such as theme, in Great Expectations. http://msgriswold.wikispaces.com/ - English classroom at Stroudsburg HS. Here is where you can find examples of MacBeth podcasts and Notalands. She also has great discussions about To Kill A Mockingbird [] - Lady MacBeth myspace page- character analysis- Stroudsburg HS [|www.notaland.com] – the site to create the myspace pages
 * English**

http://fieldbio.wikispaces.com/2008-2009+-+Last+Year – Science classroom at Stroudsburg HS. Each student had to create a web page about their invasive species.
 * Science**

Sargent Park is a middle school in Canada. The math department is leading the way to increase student achievement and engagement. They use a variety of wikis and blogs to share information with students e.g. assignments and to document student learning.
 * Math**

[] - The Math Zone is the 8th grade math teacher blog - used for sharing information and assignments. The teachers outline their purpose in the first three posts on the blog: [|Welcome to Blogging], [|What do you think about math?] and [|Why I ask you to blog?] The major assignment is a daily scribe post, which is a summary of what is learned in class. Students are encouraged to augment the summary with graphics. Posts that excel and recommended to the [|Scribe Hall of Fame]. Click [|here] to see a description of the assignment and examples.

[|**http://spmath81609.blogspot.com/**] - Link is to a class math blog. Students post their work for other students to learn from and comment.
 * HINT:** Notice the purpose statement in the banner.

http://henryhapich.wikispaces.com/ - Math wiki created by Henry Hapich from Parkland S.D. Provides resources for multiple web 2.0 tools. [] - student math podcast example. Mr. Hapich uses the blog to share information and showcase student work.

http://e-log.wikispaces.com/
 * Elementary**
 * e-Logs** - Extended reading or reading outside of class is a common practice. Students generally keep track of their books, pages read on a paper document. Teacher's College Writing Project Teachers, Trent Deberry and Christine Boyer, created a wiki for students to manager their outside reading with amazing results, including easier management (no papers to forget), more transparency, increased accountability, and increased collaboration - students who generally did not talk to each other at school, found commonalities online. Unfortunately, the teachers wiki page cannot be viewed - they have a password protected wiki, therefore, we **recreated** one to give a general idea of the setup, features and purpose.
 * HINT:** Each student page has a corresponding discussion board for book chats.

Introduction to five big ideas of reading and podcasting - [] Student Repeated Reading - podcast example http://leadershipthatgetsresults.wikispaces.com/Blog+Resources
 * Podcasting and Reading**
 * Background:** student assigned to repeatedly read a guided reading book for homework to improve fluency. Student started to complain about the repetitive activity and display some negative attitudes toward reading. Instead of repeated reading - the student rehearsed and performed his podcast. Then student was allowed to select one or two sound effects to add to his podcast.

[]- - wall wisher- students use sticky notes to respond to online question. Talking to the Text using Word - Talking to the Text is a strategy for engaging students in text. In this example, the student use the Microsoft Office commenting tool to talk to the text. Click [|here] to see a video showing how to Use a Promethean Board for Talking to the Text
 * Using Technology for Strategy Instruction**